65% of Germans dissatisfied with crisis management

One year after the first measures against coronavirus, Almost 65% of German citizens are dissatisfied with the management of the crisis by the federal government. Satisfied states 29%.

According to a YouGov Institute poll conducted on behalf of the German News Agency (dpa), 34% said they were “very unhappy” and another 31% “somewhat unhappy” with government action to address the coronavirus crisis. On the contrary, only 4% are “very satisfied”, while 26% say “somewhat satisfied” and 5% do not answer.

Christian Democrat (CDU) Secretary of State Jens Span is rated even worse by the government. Only 24% of respondents are satisfied with their job, while 69% say they are dissatisfied.

Acceptance of restrictive measures, such as the closure of shops, restaurants and schools, was still very high in the first wave of the coronavirus. In a YouGov poll in April 2020, 67% said they were more or less satisfied with government crisis management. At the beginning of the second wave, in October 2020, acceptance was still 57%, at the beginning of February 50% and in the last survey at the end of February only 48%. Over the past three weeks, acceptance of government measures has dropped again significantly.

Today only 30% of respondents rate the crisis management by the government more or less positively. Dissatisfaction now prevails among voters of all parties represented in the federal parliament (Bundestag).

Dissatisfaction is particularly high among supporters of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, at 86%, the Left (Die Linke) at 76% and the Liberal Party (FDP) at 73%. They are followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 63% dissatisfaction, the Greens (62%) and the Conservative Party, the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) with 51%.